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More than a year after the dramatic protests near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe reservation began, activism against oil pipelines is as politically contentious as ever. Last week, several dozen members of Congress sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, asking whether protesters and activists who disrupt or damage oil pipelines could face charges of domestic terrorism. Now, Minnesota lawmakers and oil lobbyists have slapped a terrorism label on…

Gaming on smartphones is big business. So big that hardcore gaming firm Razer reckons there’s a better way to make a smartphone that’s good for games, but that you won’t be embarrassed to use in public. Having started making precision mice and colourful keyboards for gaming, then successfully moving into performance laptops over the last five years, Razer believes that mobile is the next step in gaming. Tom Moss, head…

More than a year after the dramatic protests near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe reservation began, activism against oil pipelines is as politically contentious as ever. Last week, several dozen members of Congress sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, asking whether protesters and activists who disrupt or damage oil pipelines could face charges of domestic terrorism. Now, Minnesota lawmakers and oil lobbyists have slapped a terrorism label on…

Note the time on the phone display. Now that it’s done Razer-ing the hell out of PC and console gaming, Razer is turning its attention to mobile. Launching on November 17, the $700 Razer Phone features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip, 8 gigabytes of RAM and the world’s first 120 Hz “UltraMotion” display. Candy Crush is going to run so well on this. It’s code name was Project Cheryl. Hey,…

Microsoft became the official publisher of the popular survival shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) earlier this year. While the promise has always been a 2017 release on the Xbox, Microsoft is revealing today that PUBG will be available on December 12th, through the Xbox Game Preview program. That does mean this, like the PC version, won’t be a final edition of the game, but in an industry where a lot of…

DC Universe Online, which launched on the PlayStation 3 in 2011, will shut down its presence on that console at the end of January in order to focus development on other platforms, Daybreak Game Company has announced. Support terminates on Jan. 31, 2018, Daybreak said. The studio reminded players that joining the game on PlayStation 4 under the same PlayStation Network account used on PS3 will transfer all of the…

Credit: Dell Dell’s 2018 Black Friday deals. Black Friday deals continue to roll in and, as always, the high holy day of American Consumerism is a decent day to pick up a new video game console. This morning we’re hearing from Nintendo and Dell, the latter of which has the expected deals on Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One S, both of which are bound to be reliable purchases…

Microsoft became the official publisher of the popular survival shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) earlier this year. While the promise has always been a 2017 release on the Xbox, Microsoft is revealing today that PUBG will be available on December 12th, through the Xbox Game Preview program. That does mean this, like the PC version, won’t be a final edition of the game, but in an industry where a lot of…

Today, Amazon Prime Video is launching globally for Xbox One, and will also be available on the new Xbox One X when it lands in stores on November 7. The streaming app, which is the only place to watch Amazon Originals like Transparent and Mozart in the Jungle, is going live in Canada, Mexico, France, Italy, Spain and India. In January of 2016, Netflix globally expanded its service to cover…

While exact details are limited, and all we know for certain is that something is going to happen, a countdown has appeared online that is pointing to a new announcement for early morning on November 2. At 2:00 am GMT, the timer will tick on down to zero, and something will be announced from a collaboration between Electronic Arts (EA)Â and Nexon. EAÂ are a company responsible for developing and publishing video…

Credit: Sony/Marvel The new Spider-Man game looks great. Sony showed off a bunch of games this Monday at Paris Games Week. Some are new, some are just new trailers, and some are more exciting than others. I’ve picked ten new trailers from PGW that are the cream of the crop. We’ll start with perhaps the most controversial of the bunch… 1. The Last Of Us Part II I’ll be honest, I’m…

Microsoft became the official publisher of the popular survival shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) earlier this year. While the promise has always been a 2017 release on the Xbox, Microsoft is revealing today that PUBG will be available on December 12th, through the Xbox Game Preview program. That does mean this, like the PC version, won’t be a final edition of the game, but in an industry where a lot of…

Credit: Sony/Marvel The new Spider-Man game looks great. Sony showed off a bunch of games this Monday at Paris Games Week. Some are new, some are just new trailers, and some are more exciting than others. I’ve picked ten new trailers from PGW that are the cream of the crop. We’ll start with perhaps the most controversial of the bunch… 1. The Last Of Us Part II I’ll be honest, I’m…

Credit: Sony/Marvel The new Spider-Man game looks great. Sony showed off a bunch of games this Monday at Paris Games Week. Some are new, some are just new trailers, and some are more exciting than others. I’ve picked ten new trailers from PGW that are the cream of the crop. We’ll start with perhaps the most controversial of the bunch… 1. The Last Of Us Part II I’ll be honest, I’m…

Microsoft became the official publisher of the popular survival shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) earlier this year. While the promise has always been a 2017 release on the Xbox, Microsoft is revealing today that PUBG will be available on December 12th, through the Xbox Game Preview program. That does mean this, like the PC version, won’t be a final edition of the game, but in an industry where a lot of…

Microsoft became the official publisher of the popular survival shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) earlier this year. While the promise has always been a 2017 release on the Xbox, Microsoft is revealing today that PUBG will be available on December 12th, through the Xbox Game Preview program. That does mean this, like the PC version, won’t be a final edition of the game, but in an industry where a lot of…